In her second post, Danielle Coffey checks out the potential downsides to courthouse therapy dog programs by analyzing the trial court’s decision in People v. Tohom.
Diversity in law faculty and law journals is an important but controversial topic. This week, Brenda Beauchamp asks why and looks at what can be done to fix them.
Dorota Poplawska balances the pursuit of justice against privacy interests in electronic DNA databases.
In the first post of her two-part series, Danielle Coffey introduces us to courthouse therapy dog programs and the effect they have on testifying victims.
In today’s complex world of business, it may be hard to see why some mergers succeed but others fail. This week, Adam Augusiak-Boro sheds some insight on what makes a successful merger with his AT&T/T-Mobile case study.
Speakers from all over the world are arriving to speak at the Women & Sustainability Conference this weekend at Cornell Law, including Makoma Lekalakala of Earthlife Africa.
Genetic technology gives rise to myriad of legal and moral debates—in this post, Chad Pollard delves into the major issues at play.
We are in a period of transition and have some newly-elected positions at the helm of the blog! Lisa Schmidt, Mystyc Metrik, and I are the first group of ‘official’ JLPP Blog Editors, newly-created positions on the JLPP Board. Adam Kobler is serving as our Internet Editor, the Blog’s techie guy. The past couple months, new content has been
Mimi Zhuravitsky explores the role of social media in the 2011 courtroom spectacle—the Casey Anthony trial.
About 20% of inmates in men’s prisons are sexually abused at some point during their incarceration. Might pornography help deter sex crimes in prisons?